| AllMinerals/JohnBetts-FineMinerals > Online Mineral Museum Photographic Archive > Minerals from Inner Mongolia, China > Helvine (formerly Helvite) |
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| DESCRIPTION: | No. 73406 |
| Mineral: | Helvine (formerly Helvite) |
| Locality: | Huanggang Mine, Kèshíkèténg Qí, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China |
| Description: | Large (for this rare mineral species) lustrous translucent-to-transparent brown tetrahedral helvine crystal on greenish-brown matrix with small transparent orange garnet crystals to 1 mm. The mineral species helvite was renamed in 2012 to helvine. Collected ca. 2005 |
| Overall Size: | 3.5x3.5x2.5 cm |
| Crystals: | micro to 18 mm |
| Archived: | For reference only |
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